Patents by Inventor Marlee Poitinger

Marlee Poitinger has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 12239266
    Abstract: A handheld extractor that includes a housing, a supply tank adjacent a first side of the housing, and a recovery tank adjacent a second side of the housing. A cleaning chamber is in the third side of the housing. A fluid flow path is between the supply tank and the cleaning chamber. The cleaning chamber receives a suction nozzle and a suction source provides suction through a hose and the second fluid flow path to extract the cleaning fluid from the supply tank, along the fluid flow path into the cleaning chamber, through the hose and into the recovery tank to flush the cleaning fluid through the hose to clean the hose when the suction nozzle is received in the cleaning chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Techtronic Floor Care Technology Limited
    Inventors: Michael Wright, John Bantum, Marlee Poitinger, Rafael Davila
  • Publication number: 20220133113
    Abstract: A handheld extractor that includes a housing, a supply tank adjacent a first side of the housing, and a recovery tank adjacent a second side of the housing. A cleaning chamber is in the third side of the housing. A fluid flow path is between the supply tank and the cleaning chamber. The cleaning chamber receives a suction nozzle and a suction source provides suction through a hose and the second fluid flow path to extract the cleaning fluid from the supply tank, along the fluid flow path into the cleaning chamber, through the hose and into the recovery tank to flush the cleaning fluid through the hose to clean the hose when the suction nozzle is received in the cleaning chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Wright, John Bantum, Marlee Poitinger, Rafael Davila
  • Publication number: 20170127900
    Abstract: An extractor including a housing, a suction source disposed within the housing, and a suction nozzle in communication with the suction source and movable relative to the housing. The extractor also includes a recovery tank carried by the housing, and the suction source is in communication with the recovery tank for drawing fluid through the suction nozzle and storing the drawn fluid in the recovery tank. A cleaning chamber disposed on the housing receives a portion of the suction nozzle, and the cleaning chamber is configured to selectively receive a fluid along a fluid flow path in communication with the cleaning chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Michael Wright, John Bantum, Marlee Poitinger, Rafael Davila